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- 10. Opening Night Oct 3, 2023
- As the musical thrills its audience, the trio brave further twists from all around the stage.
- 9. Thirty Sep 26, 2023
- The trio have amassed a plethora of clues, suspects and theories but find no concrete answers.
- 8. Sitzprobe Sep 19, 2023
- The pressure mounts; a familiar official returns; Charles must finally sing his number.
Sep 26, 2023 · Thirty: Directed by Cherien Dabis. With Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Michael Cyril Creighton. Having amassed a plethora of clues, suspects and theories but no concrete answers about Ben's murder, the trio devise a peculiar method of recreating the final moments of his life.
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"Thirty" is the ninth episode of the third season of Only Murders in the Building, starring Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short. It originally aired on September 26, 2023.
The trio have amassed a plethora (oh yes, a plethora) of clues, suspects & theories but find no concrete answers about Ben's murder. They devise a peculiar method of throwing themselves into the actual case to recreate the final moments of Ben's life.
Mabel is in a hospital room. Dr. Turbovsky informs her that another one is coming and tells her to push. She asks what's going on. She thinks there must be a mistake because she's just visiting a friend who had a heart attack. Turbovsky says she did great with the first two, but she needs to keep pushing because she's having triplets. Dr. Turbovsky hands her a microphone, her third baby, joining baby Oliver and baby Charles. Dr. Turbovsky congratulates her on her podcast.
Mabel wakes to Oliver's voice. She's asleep at his bedside. He tells her the doctor said he can finally go home. Mabel thinks it's too soon because it's only been five days. Oliver says he needs to get back because his show opens in two days and his star is about to be charged with murder. Charles says maybe the doctor should run more tests, but Dr. Turbovsky says Oliver responded well to the stent despite the scare it gave them. Charles claims he wasn't scared, but Oliver heard his wailing. They start to bicker and Mabel says she actually missed that. She rallies Oliver, saying they have work to do.
Mabel says if Loretta made up her confession to protect Dickie, they need to prove that Dickie is the real killer to get her out. Oliver can't let her take the fall because she's the love of his life. Mabel thought they were just hooking up. Olive asks if Charles learned anything from the police interrogations they recorded. Mabel says they haven't watched them because they spent the whole time sitting by Oliver's bedside. She wanted to wait so he could be part of it. They need to focus on Dickie because Loretta clearly believes he's guilty. They still don't know whose hankie Ben had when he died. It could have been Dickie's. They know someone wrote "fucking pig" on his mirror, and they have footage of him talking to someone in his dressing room. Oliver is enjoying the magic of them being together again. He wants Mabel to take the lead and record something about them being back. Mabel records a blurb for their new episode.
Mabel wants to question Dickie without telling him that Loretta's his birth mother because that's not their news to share. Charles opens the door and finds some packages. There's a box of cookies from Donna for Oliver as well as the box containing Joy's wedding dress. It was her mother's and her mother sent it so it could be altered for her. Mabel is surprised that Joy's mother is still alive. Charles says her father is as well and was going to walk her down the aisle with her childhood dog. They leave the dress behind as they leave.
Mabel, Charles, and Oliver tell Dickie that they thought he killed Ben for a minute. He asks why, and they tell him they know he stole CoBro. Dickie admits he resented that. Mabel reminds him that he also told her he covers things up, so she figured he covered up Ben's blood work. Dickie says he did, but he didn't know Ben was poisoned when he did it. He just knew there was other stuff in Ben's blood he wouldn't want getting out. They're quick to say they believe him, but ask where he was when Ben died. Dickie says he was freaking out about Ben coming back to life and left the party early. He got drunk, but on Ben's CoBro suit, and went looking for drugs and whores. Every Thursday, Ben would disappear for hours and wouldn't answer Dickie directly when he asked about it. Dickie tracked his phone to a place on Broadway between 35th and 36th where he'd go to meet his "five whores." He even saved opening night seats for them: Trixie, Marigold, Emerald, Dot, and Mei Mei. Dickie shows them a picture of himself in the CoBro suit on that night, yelling for them to bring him the "five whores." He slept there all night and got peed on. Mabel says that's proof that he wasn't at the Arconia when Ben died, but the police already saw it and said they couldn't see his face clearly enough. He's just grateful there isn't audio. He can't believe Loretta killed him and Oliver says they don't believe she did it either. Dickie doesn't understand why she'd confess if she didn't do it and the three of them shrug it off. Dickie excuses himself to call his lawyer. Once he's gone, Mabel says Dickie couldn't have pushed Ben if he's telling the truth, which means Loretta gave herself up for someone who is also innocent. If they can find the real killer in time, maybe they can get Loretta to recant her confession. Oliver reminds them that her arraignment is at five. They need to figure out what Ben was doing and who he was seeing in the days leading up to his death. They need to start with his Thursday night routine. Oliver says they can't just walk into a brothel without a reservation. He has an idea.
Oliver carries a ladder as they walk down the street, saying a ladder can get you in anywhere. Mabel says the ladder is a new turkey. They come to Snitches Get Stitches, a fabric store. Oliver thinks that's just a front. Instead of using the ladder, Charles wants to cry, saying no one can say no to a crying man.
Starring
•Steve Martin as Charles-Haden Savage •Martin Short as Oliver Putnam •Selena Gomez as Mabel Mora •Michael Cyril Creighton as Howard Morris
Special Guest Stars
•Meryl Streep as Loretta Durkin •Paul Rudd as Ben Glenroy
Guest starring
•Marylouise Burke as Trixie •Linda Emond as Donna DeMeo •Allison Guinn as K.T. Knoblauer •Jeremy Shamos as Dickie Glenroy •Wesley Taylor as Cliff DeMeo •Jesse Williams as Tobert
General
•Mabel's MASH game is inaccurate. The bottom of the page says the number she got was seven. Counting by sevens would make her housing a shack (the S in MASH), while her paper has M circled (for mansion). The other circled answers match up with the game as played with a number seven. •As this episode takes place on Mabel's 30th birthday and her birthdate, according to her hospital band at the start of the episode, is April 4, 1993, this episode takes place on April 4, 2023.
Soundtrack
•"Song", performed by Artist
Episode Stills
Photography by Patrick Harbron for Hulu.
Sep 26, 2023 · A recap of ‘Thirty,’ episode 9 of season 3 of ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ streaming on Hulu. It looks like the crew has cracked the case and has their murderer. Now what?
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